Traditional marriage is the best place to rear children, Utah appeal says

Utah has the constitutional authority to define marriage, and the union of a man and a woman is the best setting to bear and rear children, attorneys for the state argue in an appeals court brief filed just before midnight Monday.

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Great to see people sticking up for good morals and families, especially
innocent children!

Keep the good work.

Pope Francis and
Prophet Monson and I all agree on this issue. Nice to know I stand with them!

7:49 a.m. Feb. 4, 2014

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Berkeley reader

Berkeley , CA

The state's arguments fail in a spectacular way. What about those thousand
of Utah children being raised by same sex parents? Are they not entitled to
the same legal protections? If marriage is all about child rearing, how can
the state
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8:02 a.m. Feb. 4, 2014

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cocosweet

Sandy, UT

Marriage as child-centric? I suppose that makes my marriage a sham since we
didn't have children? What about all those couples who can't have
children? Perhaps we should only allow those who are fertile to marry? Since
my mother
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Dennis Romboy is a reporter for Deseret News where for the past 20 years he has covered a variety of beats including state and local government, human services and the 2002 Olympics. He spent six years as a special more ..